Theatre by the Lake (TBTL) have managed something magical, delightful and hilariously funny with their Christmas-cum-winter offering this year. It is hard to imagine the old clichéd Dickensian story being anything but snooze-worthy, but TBTL has a secret weapon: this production was written by Patrick Barlow.
Mugenkyo infuse martial arts and music in an entralling display.
The penultimate production for the Summer season at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake (TBTL) is Alan Ayckbourn’s re-working of Chekhov’s classic ‘Uncle Vanya’, moving the action from Russia to the Lake District. The plot looks at how obsession, in many forms, can take hold and strain relationships.
The latest studio production at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake (TBTL) asks us to consider what we would do if a Chernobyl or Fukushima happened to us. With many of us in Cumbria living in sight of Sellafield, this is a play which is uncomfortably close to home.
The latest main house production at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake (TBTL) is Jim Cartwright’s brilliant tale of Little Voice (known as LV), the girl who doesn’t say much but sings impersonating a range of famous singers.
Charlotte Keatley’s play comes to Keswick
Willy Russell’s masterpiece needs little in the way of introduction to the older generation who will probably remember when it came to fame in the early 80s both on stage and in film. This new touring production, currently running at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake, stays true to the original but is every bit as fresh and relevant now as it was then.
Something is decaying badly at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake (TBTL) and it is sinfully good.
Swedish playwright August Strindberg’s masterpiece comes to Keswick.
